Mark Twain was an American writer, journalist, and publisher. Among his most famous novels are "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and its sequel, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". His wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned praise from critics and peers. This volume is a collection of amazing works like "The Curious Book", "A Helpless Situation" and "The Five Boons of Life".

Mark Twain was an American writer, journalist, and publisher. Among his most famous novels are "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and its sequel, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". His wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned praise from critics and peers. This volume is a collection of amazing works like "The Curious Book", "A Helpless Situation" and "The Five Boons of Life".

Mark Twain was an American writer, journalist, and publisher. Among his most famous novels are "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and its sequel, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." His wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned praise from critics and peers. This volume is a collection of amazing works like "The Curious Book," "A Helpless Situation," and "The Five Boons of Life".

Tales of the Jazz Age is F. Scott Fitzgerald's second collection of short stories. It includes The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and ten other classic Jazz Age stories.

This beautiful HarperCollins Children’s Classics edition of Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories is the perfect addition to any bookshelf. Inspired by the bedtime stories Rudyard Kipling told his daughter that had to be recited ‘just so’, this collection includes mythical animal origin stories like ‘How the Camel got his Hump’ and ‘How the Rhinoceros got his Skin’, alongside other playful inventions, such as the reason for the ebb and flow of the tides and how the alphabet was invented. These rhythmically told, traditional stories appeal to the curious imagination of children, and are some of Rudyard Kipling’s best-known works alongside The Jungle Book.

Tales of the Jazz Age is F. Scott Fitzgerald's second collection of short stories. It includes The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and ten other classic Jazz Age stories.

Tales of the Jazz Age is F. Scott Fitzgerald's second collection of short stories. It includes The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and ten other classic Jazz Age stories.

Tales of the Jazz Age (1922) is a collection of eleven short stories - all of them had been published earlier, independently. Divided into three separate parts, according to subject matter, the collection includes one of the author's better-known short stories, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and other great works.

Tales of the Jazz Age (1922) is a collection of eleven short stories - all of them had been published earlier, independently. Divided into three separate parts, according to subject matter, the collection includes one of the author's better-known short stories, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and other great works.

This beautiful Macmillan Collector's Library edition features an afterword by author and playwright David Stuart Davies.The art of telling a ghost story is a refined one, and Montague Rhodes James was a master of the genre. He draws the reader into a narrative that at first seems innocuous, but which becomes darker and darker by gentle turns until he transfixes you with his prose, creating the most unforgettable, alarming and frightening images. Complete Ghost Stories by M. R. James contains all his timeless masterpieces from the four collections of his eerie tales: Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904), More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1911), A Thin Ghost and Others (1919), and A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories (1925). . . . . . . .

This beautiful Macmillan Collector's Library edition features an afterword by author and playwright David Stuart Davies.The art of telling a ghost story is a refined one, and Montague Rhodes James was a master of the genre. He draws the reader into a narrative that at first seems innocuous, but which becomes darker and darker by gentle turns until he transfixes you with his prose, creating the most unforgettable, alarming and frightening images. Complete Ghost Stories by M. R. James contains all his timeless masterpieces from the four collections of his eerie tales: Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904), More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1911), A Thin Ghost and Others (1919), and A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories (1925). . . . . . . .

Tales of the Jazz Age (1922) is a collection of eleven short stories — all of them had been published earlier, independently. Divided into three separate parts, according to subject matter, the collection includes one of the author's better-known short stories, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and other great works.

Tales of the Jazz Age (1922) is a collection of eleven short stories — all of them had been published earlier, independently. Divided into three separate parts, according to subject matter, the collection includes one of the author's better-known short stories, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and other great works.

Features Five Great Short Stories by Chekhov, Dostoyevsky's Notes from the Underground, The Overcoat and Other Short Stories by Gogol, Pushkin's The Queen of Spades and Other Stories, The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Short Stories by Tolstoy, Fathers and Sons by Turgenev, and Gorky's Chelkash and Other Stories.

Learn your colours with Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends in this fun board book book for curious pre-schoolers. Toddlers will love this chunky board book that takes them through all the colours of the rainbow with recognisable characters and scenes from the Winnie-the-Pooh stories. With fun rhymes and beautiful illustrations, this first colours book is perfect for pre-schoolers and the youngest readers of Winnie-the-Pooh. Yellow's the colour of our Pooh bear, Just like the bees who buzz in the air...

From tall tales of con men’s tricks, such as the classic that brought him instant fame, “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” to a man with no money (other than a ?1,000,000 banknote that no one can cash), to an expose of greed and hypocrisy in perhaps his greatest short story, “The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg,” Twain showcases his notorious humor—skewering policemen, clergymen, politicians, bankers, and others—and displays his changing attitude toward human nature. .